Star Trek

Saw this yesterday at a digital screening. Excellent film. Very reverential towards the original series but still an exciting modern style film with great effects and a decent storyline. I think the opening sequence was one of the best I've seen for a while and actually quite emotional.

I also came out of the cinema desperately wanting to see a sequel, and I haven't felt like that for a long time.

i thought it was great, well acted and great storyline very clever i thought.
seeeing the trailors i thought the young kirk was just a little too young but no once the action starts you start to believe he is kirk
well worth seeing

I totally agree with Robston. I also walked out wanting to see the sequel, I had a sillyl grin on my face all the way through and loved every minute of it. We watched it on the IMAX big screen, it was worth every penny.

Great first half but I'm mystified by all the hysteria tbh. The plot is cobbled together from bits of the previous Trek movies. An alien with a grudge against the Federation? How original! It's all very Emperor's New Clothes...

Other things that don't make sense/bugged me

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What an amazing coincidence that young Spock dumped Kirk on the same planet that old Spock was dumped by Nero. And mere yards from the cave where Spock was hiding!

I know he wants revenge badly but how could Nero - a miner not a wormhole scientist - be sure that Spock would come through the wormhole in his lifetime or even at all? And Nero barely aged in 25 years.

Pegg - I love the guy but Scotty is introduced way too late in the flick and I just couldn't get used to the accent. The guy who played the Scots doctor in Stargate Atlantis is in the film for 2 secs and I kept thinking 'actually he'd have been a better choice.'

On the plus side, Karl Urban was superb as Bones and Pine was good too.
Hopefully the next film will have a better plot.

Saw the movie today (with the wife and a mate from work) at Birmingham Imax, loved it.
However I think I found a flaw (hiding it though)

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At the point where the Enterprise was being pulled into the singularity, it is about just stationary at maximum warp. They dump and detonate the warp core(s) to effect an escape. So why wasn't the Enterprise pulled in as soon as the dump took place?

Was in fear of a "phantom menace" but thankfully there were no JarJar Binks moments at all, I thought the references to the other movies and other series were fantastic, the casting was utter brilliant, Karl Urban totally nailed the McCoy role as did Zachary Quinto, he WAS Spock, at no point did I think of Sylar.

There was the spark of chemistry between the crew which could have so easily been missing, it was funny without being too "Red Dwarf", it also caught the fun and excitement of the original Star Trek without the nerdy edge to The Next Generation.

All in all an excellent film and I'm seriously tempted to see it again.

well, as an TOS devotee of a certain age (which is starting to get to me now!) i went to see it expecting to be disappointed. I wasn't!

It was great! I've read some of the reviewers comments about the plot, but they need to get some perspective. it is a big screen sci-fi blockbuster, it's not meant to be shakespeare.

I've never been a fan of the use of time-travel elements, but really think Abrams got it right here. the way he has re-booted the series, while preserving the heritage i think shows how much he cared about getting it right.

In terms of the other posts here, i agree, 'bones' was a work of genius and he easily had the best scences.

I thought it was brilliant. I hold The Original Series quite close to my heart so I was a little concerned I might not like the film but I was really impressed. The plot was pretty thin and there were some holes, but it didn't take anything away from the experience. What I really loved were all the character moments and I was impressed that characterisation wasn't sacrificed and the film made into just another generic sci-fi action flick when it so easily could have been.

The acting was top notch. Zachary Quinto was Spock, no doubt about it, and Karl Urban stole the show. I was wary of Chris Pine because he's so young but he really impressed me and I was sold on his take on Kirk by the end of the film. There wasn't anyone in the cast who wasn't worthy and the chemistry between everyone was amazing - I could believe they would go on to be a legendary team in the future.

I'll be seeing the film again, definitely. It looked really beautiful on the big screen.

I totally loved this film. Must have been really difficult to cast the characters as the originals are so iconic now but they did a really good job...especially Karl Urban as McCoy. True there are some plot problems but the sheer pace, look and panache of the film helps overcome that to a degree. Way better than the last Trek movie 'Nemisis' btw, but then again would be hard not to be

One question though: Is the Spock/Uhuru thing new to this movie as I don't recall there ever being any feelings between them before?